Department of Defense
3 facilities · 3 states · 531.2K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Department of Defense is the reported parent of 3 Form R facilities across 3 states, disclosing 531.2K lbs of toxic releases. 3 of 7 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Florida (530.0K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Department of Defense, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Department of Defense: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-53.0%
3 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-53.0%
127.9 thousand lb → 60.2 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Department of Defense's total reported releases fell from 127.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 60.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Department of Defense's off-site transfers rose from 4 lb in 2022 to 16 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Department of Defense's air releases fell from 460 lb in 2022 to 201 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Department of Defense's land releases fell from 127.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 59.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Department of Defense from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: US Army National Guard Camp Blanding Ranges; U.S. Dod Usaf Wright-Patterson Afb Oh; U.S. Dod Usaf Travis Afb. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Ascend Performance Materials Holdings Inc; The Mosaic Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper; Lead And Lead Compounds; Lead compounds; Lead; Naphthalene. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Florida; Ohio; California. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Other. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Largest Form R sites under this parent: US Army National Guard Camp Blanding Ranges; U.S. Dod Usaf Wright-Patterson Afb Oh; U.S. Dod Usaf Travis Afb. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Ascend Performance Materials Holdings Inc; The Mosaic Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper; Lead And Lead Compounds; Lead compounds; Lead; Naphthalene. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Florida; Ohio; California. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Other.
Department of Defense ranks #881 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Department of Defense files across 3 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: US Army National Guard Camp Blanding Ranges accounts for most of Department of Defense's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Department of Defense follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Ascend Performance Materials Holdings Inc; The Mosaic Co) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Department of Defense sits among TRI parents
Department of Defense sits on a disclosure ladder beside Ascend Performance Materials Holdings Inc and The Mosaic Co. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Ascend Performance Materials Holdings Inc · rank #879 · 116.3M lbs
- The Mosaic Co · rank #880 · 11.4M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Department of Defense
Copper; Lead And Lead Compounds; Lead compounds; Lead; Naphthalene lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as US Army National Guard Camp Blanding Ranges. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Copper | 363.1K lbs |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 90.2K lbs |
| Lead compounds | 45.5K lbs |
| Lead | 31.2K lbs |
| Naphthalene | 1.2K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 1 | 530.0K lbs |
| Ohio | 1 | 785 lbs |
| California | 1 | 432 lbs |
Facilities (3)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| US Army National Guard Camp Blanding Ranges Starke, FL | 530.0K lbs |
| U.S. Dod Usaf Wright-Patterson Afb Oh Wright Patterson Afb, OH | 785 lbs |
| U.S. Dod Usaf Travis Afb Travis Afb, CA | 432 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Department of Defense on total disclosed release pounds (531.2K lbs) and reporting facility count (3). Release-volume peers include Simmons Foods Inc, Ict Industries Inc, Lactalis Cheese & Dairy Holding Inc. Facility-count peers include A-Gas US Holdings Inc, Abb Holdings Inc, Adams Resources & Energy Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Florida, Ohio, California; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Department of Defense's TRI parent record
From Department of Defense, open US Army National Guard Camp Blanding Ranges or compare against Ascend Performance Materials Holdings Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Department of Defense (US Army National Guard Camp Blanding Ranges in FL). Largest facility
- Compare against The Mosaic Co, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Department of Defense sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Ascend Performance Materials Holdings Inc, The Mosaic Co) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Department of Defense's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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